单词 | vernalization |
释义 | vernalizationn. The technique of exposing seeds, young plants, etc., to low temperatures in order to hasten subsequent flowering; also, the natural process induced by cold weather which this technique imitates. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > inducing to premature flowering vernalization1934 vernalizing1947 1933 Whyte & Hudson in Bull. Imperial Bureau Plant Genetics No. 9. 3 The Russian word ‘Jarovizatzia’, referred to in German publications as ‘Jarowisation’, has here been translated by the latinized equivalent ‘vernalization’ in consultation with the School of Slavonic Studies, London, and Miss M. V. Cytovich.] 1934 Biol. Abstr. 8 1655/2 Discussion is given of..the process of vernalization (or iarovization) by means of which an early development of the reproductive phase of many plants..was obtained. 1957 V. Nabokov Pnin ii. 47 The vernalization of the visas, and the preparations [for going to America]. 1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies viii. 154/1 The vernalization (chilling) effect that renders Myrmica and Formica brood queen~potent can be interpreted as a token stimulus. 1974 A. J. Huxley Plant & Planet x. 100 In beet..the rosette normally made in the first year..requires winter chilling for flowering the following summer. This winter chilling is called vernalization. 1974 A. J. Huxley Plant & Planet xxvii. 315 Vernalization consists..in giving the seed to be sown in spring a cold period..with a small amount of water. Derivatives ˈvernalize v. [as a back-formation] (transitive) to treat or affect (seeds, etc.) in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > induce premature flowering vernalize1933 1933 Whyte & Hudson in Bull. Imperial Bureau Plant Genetics No. 9. 8 (heading) Technique for vernalizing long-day plants. 1976 Sci. Amer. Sept. 99/3 The crop flowers and produces grain in the spring after being vernalized, or induced to flower, by the low temperatures in winter. ˈvernalized adj. (in quots. transferred). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [adjective] > induced to flower prematurely vernalized1946 1946 Nature 5 Oct. 485/2 The time taken for development to have begun in all the vernalized [sponge] gemmules..is less than in December. 1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies viii. 150/1 It is from some of these vernalized larvae that the yearly crop of queens is matured in the spring. ˈvernalizing n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > inducing to premature flowering vernalization1934 vernalizing1947 1947 Nature 4 Jan. 32/1 This [sc. premature flowering] may be due..to a vernalizing effect on the..germinated seed..of naturally experienced low soil..temperatures in early spring. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1933 |
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